The Three Hostages (film)

The Three Hostages
Directed by	Clive Donner
Written by	John Prebble John Buchan (novel)
Starring	Barry Foster Diana Quick John Castle David Markham
Distributed by	BBC
Release dates	27 December 1977 (1977-12-27)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Three Hostages is a 1977 British television film based on the John Buchan thriller novel The Three Hostages, directed by Clive Donner and produced by Mark Shivas.

It starred Barry Foster as Richard Hannay, a retired British soldier who works occasionally for the British intelligence services, Diana Quick as Mary Hannay, John Castle as Dominick Medina, and David Markham as Greenslade.^[1]

The story follows Hannay's attempt to recover three hostages taken prisoner by a shadowy criminal organisation. ^[2]

References

Characters

Richard Hannay novels

Edward Leithen novels

Other fiction

Non-fiction

Adaptations

Films	The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) Huntingtower (1927) The 39 Steps (1935) The 39 Steps (1959) The Three Hostages (1977) (TV movie) The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) The 39 Steps (2008) (TV movie)

TV series	The Three Hostages (1952) Witch Wood (1954) John Macnab (1976) Huntingtower (1978) Hannay (1988-89)

Other	The 39 Steps (play)

Family

Films directed by Clive Donner

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